China Northern Airlines (simplified Chinese: 中国北方航空; traditional Chinese: 中國北方航空; pinyin: Zhōngguó Běifāng Hángkōng) was an airline headquartered on the grounds of Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China.

[1] Established on June 16, 1990, it was one of the six backbone airlines directly under the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

By the end of 1999, the airline had reached a total cargo rotation volume of 4882 million ton/km.

In 2001 the airlines had ordered ten Airbus A321 but only six were in the fleet.

Sky Pearl Club was China Northern Airlines' frequent flyer program until 2003 when it merged with China Southern Airlines.